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<span id="quick-install-guide"></span><h1>Quick install guide<a class="headerlink" href="#quick-install-guide" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Before you can use Django, you&#8217;ll need to get it installed. We have a
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possibilities; this guide will guide you to a simple, minimal installation
that&#8217;ll work while you walk through the introduction.</p>
<div class="section" id="s-install-python">
<span id="install-python"></span><h2>Install Python<a class="headerlink" href="#install-python" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with Python 2.7,
3.2, 3.3, or 3.4. All these versions of Python include a lightweight database
called <a class="reference external" href="http://sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> so you won&#8217;t need to set up a database just yet.</p>
<p>Get the latest version of Python at <a class="reference external" href="http://www.python.org/download/">http://www.python.org/download/</a> or with
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<p class="first admonition-title">Django on Jython</p>
<p class="last">If you use <a class="reference external" href="http://www.jython.org/">Jython</a> (a Python implementation for the Java platform), you&#8217;ll
need to follow a few additional steps. See <a class="reference internal" href="../howto/jython.html"><em>Running Django on Jython</em></a> for details.</p>
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<p>You can verify that Python is installed by typing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">python</span></tt> from your shell;
you should see something like:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>Python 3.3.3 (default, Nov 26 2013, 13:33:18)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
Type &quot;help&quot;, &quot;copyright&quot;, &quot;credits&quot; or &quot;license&quot; for more information.
&gt;&gt;&gt;
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<span id="set-up-a-database"></span><h2>Set up a database<a class="headerlink" href="#set-up-a-database" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>This step is only necessary if you&#8217;d like to work with a &#8220;large&#8221; database engine
like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle. To install such a database, consult the
<a class="reference internal" href="../topics/install.html#database-installation"><em>database installation information</em></a>.</p>
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<span id="remove-any-old-versions-of-django"></span><h2>Remove any old versions of Django<a class="headerlink" href="#remove-any-old-versions-of-django" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>If you are upgrading your installation of Django from a previous version, you
will need to <a class="reference internal" href="../topics/install.html#removing-old-versions-of-django"><em>uninstall the old Django version before installing the new
version</em></a>.</p>
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<span id="install-django"></span><h2>Install Django<a class="headerlink" href="#install-django" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>You&#8217;ve got three easy options to install Django:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Install a version of Django <a class="reference internal" href="../misc/distributions.html"><em>provided by your operating system
distribution</em></a>. This is the quickest option for those
who have operating systems that distribute Django.</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="../topics/install.html#installing-official-release"><em>Install an official release</em></a>. This
is the best approach for users who want a stable version number and aren&#8217;t
concerned about running a slightly older version of Django.</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="../topics/install.html#installing-development-version"><em>Install the latest development version</em></a>. This is best for users who want the
latest-and-greatest features and aren&#8217;t afraid of running brand-new code.</li>
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<div class="admonition-always-refer-to-the-documentation-that-corresponds-to-the-version-of-django-you-re-using admonition">
<p class="first admonition-title">Always refer to the documentation that corresponds to the
version of Django you&#8217;re using!</p>
<p class="last">If you do either of the first two steps, keep an eye out for parts of the
documentation marked <strong>new in development version</strong>. That phrase flags
features that are only available in development versions of Django, and
they likely won&#8217;t work with an official release.</p>
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<span id="verifying"></span><h2>Verifying<a class="headerlink" href="#verifying" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>To verify that Django can be seen by Python, type <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">python</span></tt> from your shell.
Then at the Python prompt, try to import Django:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
&gt;&gt;&gt; import django
&gt;&gt;&gt; print(django.get_version())
1.7
</pre>
<p>You may have another version of Django installed.</p>
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<span id="that-s-it"></span><h2>That&#8217;s it!<a class="headerlink" href="#that-s-it" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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